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Whether you like cars or not, there’s pretty much one care you’re near enough guaranteed to take a ride in – a hearse.

Back in 2004 on holiday at Watergate Bay in Cornwall, I remember we were pulling out of the car park, after a sun scorched afternoon on the beach and in the beach bar; as I swung the car around, a fantastic sight came into my view – you can see it in the picture here, a hearse that had been converted into the coolest surfboard carrier this side of a lowered, split-screen camper van. It’s stayed with me for all these years, today I looked a bit deeper..More...

A few years ago, while browsing through a copy of Volksworld, I saw an unusual vehicle in the news section. It was a grass covered car. I'd never seen anything like this before, and you might think this is just a one-off quirky attention grabber for the summer veedub shows.

Well it's not as unique as you might think. A quick bit of research will find you a surprising number of grass covered motor vehicles. But let's look at the er, Turf Bug first of all..More...

In 2009 Jaguar revealed the new Jaguar XJ and in the same month news broke of the re-launch of the famous Jaguar Heritage Museum. “It is important that we maintain the link to our heritage..” Mike O’Driscoll, Chairman of the Jaguar Heritage Trust said at the time.

The museum, based in Browns Lane, Coventry opened in 1998 celebrating the history of Jaguar and it’s classic offshoots such as Daimler, Swallow, SS and Lanchester. There are some 120 vehicles in the museum dating back to 1896.More...